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Amenthis was a death metal band from Ceilândia, in the Distrito Federal region of Brazil, with roots in the early 1990s underground scene. The band released a promotional demo titled "Dualism" in 1994 through Genocide Productions, placing them among the first wave of death metal acts to emerge from Brazil's capital satellite cities. Though they eventually split up, their demo stands as a document of the rough, early death metal sound that characterized the Brazilian underground at the time.
Founded in Minsk in 2003 by Alex Goron, formerly of Posthumous Blasphemer, Amentia plays technical brutal death metal with fusion and avant-garde elements woven into their approach. Their catalog includes the albums "Burn to Hate" (2007), "Incurable Disease" (2011), and "Scourge" (2017), alongside the early demo "Mind Degradation" (2006).
Amenézia delivers melodic death and doom metal from Felgueiras in the Minho region since 2018. Their Portuguese-accented variation on amnesia drives compositions that pair melodic sorrow with crushing weight from northern Portugal's granite heartland.
Cumberland, Maryland death metal project with a bilingual edge — their 2017 EP La Movida Caníbal-Sesión Simultanea draws from Latin American extreme metal traditions while rooted in Appalachian isolation.
Amethist crafts doom and death metal from Veenendaal in central Utrecht province since 2018. Their gemstone name — the Dutch spelling of amethyst — adds a purple-hued elegance to their crushing dual-genre approach.
Amethyste combines death and thrash metal from the northern coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer since 2004, channeling the Channel coast's harsh winds into aggressive extreme metal. Two decades of activity make them one of the Pas-de-Calais department's most enduring metal acts.
Pennsylvania death metal project named after the eye condition causing blurred vision. Medical horror from the Keystone State.
Amfortas crafts death-doom metal from the southeastern port city of Hamina since 2017, named after the wounded Grail King of Arthurian legend. Their literary inspiration feeds compositions that carry the weight of ancient myth and inevitable suffering.
Amid the Barren and Lost fuses death metal, deathcore, and thrash metal from London since 2018, their desolate name evoking the wasteland their compositions inhabit. Their triple-genre approach creates an overwhelming assault.
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